In the “spirit” of back-to-school season, here’s a true tale of a haunted school in Asheville, North Carolina.
In 2008, a motion-activated camera caught a shadowy figure walking the halls of Asheville High School (video below). The shadow changes form and at one point resembles that of a child, but was it a ghost?
Given the success of last September’s “Cops Share True ‘On Duty’ Ghost Stories,” I thought I’d dredge up a few more creepy tales from Officer.com, a popular forum for law enforcement professionals. Enjoy!
The Haunted Church
“I used to work for a private police/security firm as a patrol supervisor. On one of my patrol routes, we had a huge church that was also a private day care and kindergarten. It was my responsibility to clear and secure the building every night between 3 and 4 a.m. due to recent instances of doors being found left open in the morning. In the early 1900′s, the building was a schoolhouse and supposedly a fire killed several children trapped inside. I didn’t know any of this prior to working for the company. Several extremely creepy things happened while at the church:
My first night there, I had just walked down the very long main classroom hallway to clear all of the rooms and when I turned around to walk back up the hallway there was a red balloon floating in the middle of the hall that was definitely not there prior.
In the old pastor’s office there was a lamp shaped like a lighthouse that sat on a table in a large window. When I would pull up to the church, the lamp would be the first thing I would see in the office window. It was always turned on. However, when I would go to check/lock the pastor’s office from the inside, the lamp would always be off. When I would get back into the car to leave, the light would be back on again.
I also had the usual phenomena of previously closed/locked doors being found open just seconds after closing and locking them. Another officer that filled in for me one evening quit the very next day because he reported that as he was checking the main chapel, the pipe organ started playing itself.”
This creepy photo was taken at the Pride House in Jefferson, Texas. Billed as the first bed and breakfast in the Lone Star State, the Pride House has a reputation for being haunted and is popular among paranormal investigation groups. The TV show Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files investigated the home in earlier this year and recorded a few strange events, including a door that opened by itself, disembodied whistling, and a thermal hand print that appeared in an empty room. What do you think of the photo?
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This famous photo from 1919 shows a ghostly face peering over an airman’s shoulder. Legend has it that the face belongs to Freddy Jackson, a mechanic killed two days before the group portrait. The eerie picture was reportedly taken the day of Jackson’s funeral. Did Freddy Jackson pull a Lord Combermere?
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This photo taken at Scotland’s Tantallon Castle, reportedly shows a ghost peering from a barred window. According to The Telegraph, three photographic experts examined the photo and found no signs of trickery. Operators of Tantallon Castle also claim there were no mannequins or costumed guides inside the castle (reminds me of the circumstances of the Hampton Court Palace ghost). What do you think?
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Ghost hunters took this photo on the historic Packhorse Bridge in the Welsh village of Caergwrle. Is it a ghost?
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A tourist snapped this photo at Devil’s Den in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. According to the tourist, there were no re-enactors in the area, and she didn’t see the figure until she reviewed her pictures. Do you think she captured a ghost?
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